Reference no: EM133601860

Question 1

Thomas is considering doing research on the power of music on motivation What term describes motivation?

operational definition, theory, construct, inductive reasoning

Question 2

What was an ethical issue with Milgram's experiment on obedience?

Participants were told it was a learning experiment, rather than one on obedience, participants were treated with disrespect and suffered long term psychological and physical distress, participants were told about the real purpose of the study after completion of the experiment, participants varied in age and occupation, Both 1 and 2.

Question 3

Mary found out that research students could connect her name to her data. They were not kept in separate places. What principle did this violate?

Confidentiality, anonymity, debriefing, informed consent

Question 4

What does the American Psychological Association think about deception?

it is always acceptable, it is acceptable only when it is justified and alternative procedures are not feasible, it is never acceptable, it can involve psychological distress if there is a debriefing afterward

Question 5

What is the purpose of debriefing

to provide an opportunity for participants to tell the experimenter how they felt about being part of the experiment, to provide an opportunity for the experimenter to explain the study to the participants in greater detail, in the case of deception research, to allow the researcher to discuss the reason why deception was necessary, all of the above

Question 6

Dr. Ramos wants to compare two different treatments with his patients who are diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and gets the patients to sign a consent to participate in his research. He tells them they do not have to participate and he will still treat them as always. Dr. Ramos thinks one treatment is better than the other, but wants to be sure. This violates what principle?

voluntary participation, informed consent, clinical equipoise, privacy

Question 7

Professor Donnovan required that all his students participate in his experiment. He did tell them what the research was about before they participated and then talked to them about what he was trying to gain more information about after the experiment. What rule did he violate?

informed consent, debriefing, voluntary participation, deception

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of face validity?

A test seems to be measuring honesty in the workplace, aperson receives a similar rating of honesty on two different honesty tests, one of which that is widely used by organizations, an honesty test shows no relationship to an intelligence test, an honesty test accurately predicts who will steal from an organization

Question 9

Monica gets on her scale and she weighs 120 pounds. Five minutes later she gets on and weighs 130 pounds. What does her scale lack?

interrater reliability, test-retest reliability, construct validity, correlation

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of nominal level data?

Likert scale ratings, zip codes, age of a person, weight of a person

Question 11

What does it mean if a measurement is reliable?

it accurately measures what it is supposed to measure, it is consistent, it is valid, it is both consistent and valid

Question 12

,Which of the following is an example of a negative correlation?

The more parents play rock music, the louder their babies cry, the more individuals drink each week, the fewer projects they complete at home, the less time students spend on studying for their English test, the lower scores they earn, as people get older, it takes them longer to run the 100 yard dash

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a self report measure?

PET scan to measure brain activity when drinking, Sharing how many drinks you have in a week, watching people drink in a bar and observing behavior, all of the above

Question 14

Dr. Abrim is doing a study on drug abuse and is interviewing people who have gone through treatment three or more times and are still using. Without realizing what she is doing, she leans forward and smiles when she is hearing what she wants to hear and sits back and folds her arms when she does not, causing individuals to change what they are saying. This is an example of what concept?

experimenter bias, verification, double blind study, demand characteristics

Question 15

Gino is a psychology student and wants to make sure the researchers get the result they want. Because he thinks he knows what the hypothesis of the study is, he tries to answer to make the researchers happy and have their research question verified, rather than sharing his honest view. This is an example of what concept?